October 2011 Blog Posts (2)

Educators exploring ways to practice AFL in their classrooms will often find some parents and students a little confused as to exactly why teachers are doing what they're doing. Unfortunately, over the years schools have conditioned people to view grades as summative in nature. Many parents and students do not understand how to use feedback from a score or grade in part because they have not been given the opportunity to do so. The feedback they received wasn't formative - it wasn't…